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Also known as the Ni Polok Museum, the Le Mayeur Museum was the former beach home of acclaimed Belgian impressionist painter Adrien Jean Le Mayeur Merpres who moved to Sanur in 1932 and ended up staying for 26 years after marrying the famous Balinese Legong dancer Ni Polok, who was also the beautiful subject of many of his paintings. The mu...
On the slopes of Mount Lempuyang sits Pura Lempuyang Luhur, otherwise known as Lempuyang Temple. This is one of the key nine directional temples on the island of Bali, and grants spectacular sunset views at dusk as it is situated high on the mountain slope. There are two sections to the temple, a lower level and an upper level. The latter is wort...
Also in the vicinity of the historic Buleleng Harbor is the colorful and beautifully constructed Chinese Klenteng (Chinese temple) Ling Gwan Kiong that is accessed via an ornate water bridge that traverses a pond filled with white and pink lotus flowers. As usual the Klenteng is dominated by the red and gold color. Gold Buddha statues and ornamen...
Another interesting anomaly that may be found in West Bali is the Muslim Balinese village of Loloan Timur located near Negara. Founded in 1653 by seafaring Bugis from Sulawesi, this village features traditional Bugis wooden houses that are oblong in shape with living quarters on the second floor that may not be found anywhere else on the is...
Set on the verdant southern slopes of Bali’s second tallest peak known as Coconut Shell Mountain, is another of the island’s important sad kahyangan axial temples. Built in homage to the mountain and lake gods, this unusual type of pura taman temple (which means it was maintained by a king and has a place to bathe) was purported...
